ISLAMABAD : Pakistan doesn’t believe in camp politics, rather it believes in dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue. The Army chief made the remarks while addressing the two-day Islamabad Security Dialogue 2022 here at a local hotel on Saturday said Pakistan has long history of cordial relations with the United State and it has been a major market for export of Pakistani products.
COAS has acknowledged significance of Pakistan -US ties when prime minister , Imran Khan, is vehemently attacking Washington for not accommodated by Bidden administration . He is pubically yelling at US and trying to poisonise Pakistani people of Pakistan against US to spit his personal venom.
Likewise , he added , teh European Union is Pakistan’s major destination for exports and all its member countries enjoy friendly relations with Pakistan . The army chief expressed serious concern over the on-going war between Russia and Ukraine and demanded thet Russian invasion in Ukraine which has left half of Ukraine destroyed, thousands of Ukrainian killed and millions forced to flee to other countries must be stopped forthwith.
Acknowledging the efforts of the National Security Division for organising the second security dialogue, COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa said: “I believe today more than ever we need to inculcate and promote such spaces for intellectual debate and discourse where people from around the world come together to share their ideas about the future of their countries and the world at large.”He said: “We are committed to preserving our gains against terrorism and are working with the interim Afghan government and other neighbours to ensure that terrorist organisations are no longer allowed to use the territory of one county against another.”COAS mentioned that in order to achieve this required peace at home and abroad, Pakistan’s security forces have given innumerable sacrifices to defeat terrorism. He highlighted that since 2001 Pakistan has suffered over 90,000 causalities and more than Rs150 billion in economic losses. “Our commitment to defeat terrorism remains unwavering,” he reiterated, adding that with the help of security and law enforcement agencies, the country has made remarkable gains against terrorism which has resulted in a remarkable improvement in the internal security situation of the country. COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa, however, added that the threat of terrorism and violent extremism remains and the struggle will continue till “we eliminate the last terrorist and cause of terrorism from our region.”He was of the view that the spaces like this hold special importance where great individuals can identify the need for global cooperation rather than confrontation.General Qamar Javed Bajwa noted that Pakistan believes in dialogue and diplomacy for the solution of Kashmir issue, Pakistan wants the water dispute with India to be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa expressed concern over the landing of a cruise missile fired by India in Pakistan. Regarding the unprecedented challenges faced around the world, he said that the resurgence of inter-state conflicts amid shared global challenges of poverty, climate change, terrorism, cyber intrusion and scarcity of resources poses profound questions for the international system.
“The international community’s collective security rests in our ability to integrate our shared goals of global prosperity to an equitable international system resisting the external pressures.
“Pakistan, as a country located at the crossroads of economic and strategic confronts, is navigating these shared challenges in our immediate region and through our partnership in the international community,” he said.
The chief of army staff further added that Pakistan’s first-ever National Security Policy places the safety, security, dignity and prosperity of its citizens at the heart of our security policy.“It [National Security Policy] recognises the symbiotic relationship between the economic, human and traditional security, placing economic security at the core,” he said. Generwl Bajwa went on to say that the policy’s ultimate aim is to achieve prosperity for Pakistan’s citizens and it focuses on ensuring domestic economic stability and growth augmented through development partnership with the international community under our geo-economic strategy.